By accepting information obtained from a journalist tortured to death, the C.I.A. signals that it condones such practices.
Did the U.S. Capitalize on the Murder of Pakistani Journalist Shahzad?
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Middle East & North Africa
Libya’s Relationship With Italy Expected to Survive Regime Change
Oil dealings between Libya and Italy may remain intact but it remains to be seen of what — if any — benefit they are to much of the Libyan public.
House Reps Reach Across the Aisle to Block Palestinian Statehood
Influential Republican Ros-Lehtinen is sponsoring a bill that would make U.S. funding of UN agencies conditional on how the body votes on Palestinian statehood.
Saudis to U.S.: You’re Sleeping on the Couch Tonight
However turbulent, the marriage between the United States and Saudi Arabia is nott headed for a divorce.
Zahra’s Paradise
Set in the aftermath of Iran’s fraudulent elections of 2009, Zahra’s Paradise is the fictional story of the search for Mehdi, a young protestor who has disappeared in the Islamic Republic’s gulags. Mehdi has vanished in an extrajudicial twilight zone where habeas corpus is suspended.
The New Scramble for Africa
Is current U.S. foreign policy in Africa following a blueprint drawn up almost eight years ago by the right-wing Heritage Foundation, one of the most conservative think tanks in the world? Although it seems odd that a Democratic administration would have anything in common with the extremists at Heritage, the convergence in policy and practice between the two is disturbing.
Israeli Settlers: Never Shy About Taking the Law Into Their Own Hands
Israeli Knesset Member Ben-Ari fears Israeli settlers will be overwhelmed by Palestinian demonstrators and that the Israeli Defense Force won’t protect them.
Libya and the Bully Problem
Elias is Swedish and has buck teeth. These are two strikes against him at the Danish school he attends. The resident bully, along with his fawning entourage, calls Elias “Rat Face” and subjects him to endless indignities. That all changes, however, with the arrival of Christian, an exchange student who is appalled at the treatment of sweet-natured Elias. Christian follows the bully into the bathroom where he is about to inflict yet another humiliation on Elias. But this time it is Christian who metes out the punishment, hitting the bully repeatedly with a bicycle pump and threatening him with a knife if he dares to throw his weight around again.
The Motive for Terrorism That Officials Dare Not Acknowledge
During the war on terror, the military, the Pentagon and the CIA — and their political and corporate allies — have accumulated enormous resources and power in a collapsing economy.
The Hidden Culprit of 9/11: Clinical Depression
Preventing another 9/11 — and suicide terrorism at large — requires addressing abusive childrearing techniques that may well have produced the damaged individuals responsible for it.